Packaging Corporation of America Mill to Add OCC Line

PCA will source 1,000 tons per day of OCC from regional external suppliers.

SEATTLE (Waste 360): Lake Forest, Ill.-based Packaging Corporation of America (PCA) is adding an old corrugated cardboard (OCC) pulping line to its Wallula, Wash., mill. This new addition is in response to customer demand, feedstock availability and cost savings, according to a Resource Recycling report.

PCA will source 1,000 tons per day of OCC from regional external suppliers, and with this new line, the company will add 350,000 tons per year of OCC pulping capacity at its mill, which currently produces predominantly virgin linerboard and medium.

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